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Macquarie Bank fined $14m for savings rate blunder

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2026
Macquarie Bank has been slapped with a $14 million penalty for promoting misleading interest rates on a savings account that confused customers on how much interest they would earn. Macquarie admitted to breaching the law in a case brought by ASIC in ...

ASIC forms markets expert advisory group

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2026
ASIC has formed a time-limited markets expert advisory group to provide the regulator with advice, market expertise and international perspectives. It will bring together market leaders and experts to help identify and prioritise practical improvements ...

Entireti launches consulting program for AFSLs

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2026
Entireti has launched a new program to support self-licensed firms to design and execute strategic initiatives, while improving performance and competitiveness. The offering is now available through its subsidiary Entireti Alliances, which focuses on ...

FEATURE | Agriculture | Beneath the soil

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2026
When rain settles, there's a certain kind of optimism that hangs in the air. The soil holds its moisture, crops move ahead of schedule, and the season begins to look less like a gamble. For a farmer, these changes can mean the difference between ...

AustralianSuper scores Moody's top credit rating

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2026
AustralianSuper has become the first Australian superannuation fund to receive an AAA long-term issuer rating from Moody's. It has assigned a stable outlook to the rating. The AAA rating by Moody's is the highest-quality long-term credit rating ...

RQI Investors forays into ETFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2026
RQI Investors is making a strategic pivot, unveiling its first-ever ETF across the 18-year history of the business, with its parent company coming in as the ETF's initial investor. The active quantitative manager launched the RQI Australian Value Active ...

Ironbark expands advice footprint with acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2026
Ironbark Financial Group has acquired a Victoria-based multi-disciplinary firm that specialises in assisting small to medium sized businesses, integrating the practice into its Ironbark Advice brand. Paris Financial has joined Ironbark, bringing over ...

Evidentia ex-chief executive quits chair role amid restructure

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2026
Evidentia chair and former chief executive Michael Wright will step down, following several senior roles were cut at the managed accounts provider under his successor, Louise Watson, who took the helm in September. Wright was chief executive of investment ...

Lagarde to leave ECB

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2026
The European Central Bank (ECB) is preparing for a leadership change early next year, with its president Christine Lagarde set to depart before the end of her current term. Lagarde has informed the ECB's Governing Council and European Council President ...

ASIC issues 'wake-up call' to trustees on member complaints

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2026
The corporate regulator is calling on superannuation trustees to improve oversight of issues arising from member complaints, noting many are not doing enough to use complaints as early warning signs of broader issues. In its Report 844 Lessons to be ...
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